Boys of St Martin's School
{On the scroll held by the two angels:}
Rest in peace
{A Christian cross forms the division between the two columns, each of 21 names, not in any apparent sequence. See the Subjects Commemorated for the names.}
WC2, Adelaide Street, 12
Both memorials are on the south facade of the building, facing the church.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
St Martin's School War Memorial
The large lettering runs along the top of the south face of the building.
The cross looks as if the church was designed to hold it, but no. St Peters was built 1824-27 and this section, by Sir Arthur Blomfield, ...
The quotation comes from Binyon's 1914 poem, ‘For the Fallen’. The memorial must have been renovated in 2010.
This cross is "the crucifix in the church enclosure" referenced by the heading on the plaque attached to the church. The stone plinth is ...
Present at the unveiling:Â Princess Clementine of Belgium, several members of the Royal Family, M. Delacroix - the Belgian Premier, Lord ...
"They died that we might live." is a quite common inscription on war memorials and sounds like a quotation but we cannot identify a source.
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